How big will the Gold Cup be this year?

"Big" and "Gold Cup" are not words commonly seen in the same sentence.

 

I'd be surprised if this happens. There are only 3 days between the semifinals and the final. If the final is going to be on Fox that announcement would be made in advance of knowing who will be in the final. Fox Sports is even more unlikely since many Fox Sports affiliates carry Major League baseball teams.

 

That is the only possible way for the Gold Cup to be "big." And still, it will be because of the Mexican support.

But I do believe it will be one of the biggest, most watched, Gold Cups to date, just not record-setting for soccer in the USA.

 

I think that we'll see much more American support in the stands, coming off such an emotional World Cup for alot of us. *keeping fingers crossed for this one*

It'll be a nice tournament, but I think the only way it's big in terms of importance is because if we win we get the berth for the Confederations Cup.

 

It's a big deal to me, because it's important to me that we continue to prove we are the class of the region. My soccer buddies will probably pay attention only to the semis and the finals. I'll watch each game.

I think the benchmark should be, do we get the same amount of viewers for those matches as we would for a WCQ match.

 

I'm also interested to see how big the Gold Cup draw is. Witnessed by a handful of people "behind closed doors" or something public/legit?

 

I would like to see FOX broadcast every USA match. I think they would be surprised at the number of people they would find watching the matches.

 

Change it to every four years and rotate hosting duties. merge central america and let them have a crack at hosting do the same with the Carribean islands so then we have Five host rotation. US,MEX,CAN,CA, and CRB.

maybe that will finally push some of the regions to upgrade their piss poor stadiums .

Panama and Costa Rica have great new National Stadiums

 

The only reason I liked it every two years was because there was more opportunities for me to see the USMNT at home. But the one before the World Cup is pointless.

 

Would be great if FOX would put the final (no matter who it is) on their broadcast network.

I don't think the Gold Cup is ever going to get the exposure we want it to until its on ESPN. Not everyone has FSC and FSC is horrendous at promotion.

 

it's possible i guess

FOX did broadcast the champions league final last year but only got a 1.1 rating. Part of that was likely the matchup of Bayern Munich vs Inter Milan.

If they are willing to experiment with the champions league on regular tv why not USNT gold cup matches? They would do much better than a 1.1

 

I agree the Final should be on FOX. The last two finals have been USA/Mexico, and I really don't see this year to be any different. Even so, if either side makes the Final, the ratings will be high. It just makes sense.

 

I suggest e-mailing FOX Sports and let them know you want the US games and/or the final on FOX. Or at least FX. The more people get ahold of them the better the chances are they will show it. I doubt they spend much time on bigsoccer lol

http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback

 

If the USA or Mexico made the finals of the Gold Cup it would EASILY beat the ratings for the UCL Final. If it were the USA vs. Mexico it would DESTROY the UEFA ratings. The '07 final even eclipsed Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals that year, which was prime time on NBC.

 

ESPN would do a much better broadcasting job. But they ignore alot of soccer matches.

 

Doesn't Univision broadcast the Gold Cup?

If it's Mexico v USA, how many Mexican fans would choose FOX over Univision? Not many I'd think. So that limits your viewing audience right there.

 

Too bad they don't have the rights to it! Maybe they can get the 2013 Gold Cup.

 

the same as always, Mexico and El Salvador would bring most of the fans, the usa would do ok I hope.

 

who knows. But they'd still get a better rating than 1.1

 

I think the biennial Gold Cup is still useful. The difficulty in being in our region is the lack of meaningful tournaments. UEFA has the World Cup and UEFA every two years.

If we held the Gold Cup every four years, we would potentially go three years without a significant tournament. This way, we can participate in one almost every year. (World Cup 2010, Gold Cup 2011, Gold Cup 2013, Confed Cup 2013, World Cup 2014).

For us, it's all about how we use the Gold Cup at different points in our World Cup cycle. This year's Gold Cup is extremely important, since qualification for the 2013 Confederations Cup is on the line, the best tournament we can qualify for besides the World Cup. Making Confed Cups is important for American soccer every cycle.

In 2009, Bob Bradley used the Gold Cup to good effect. No Confed Cup berth was on the line, so he used a squad almost entirely based of MLS players, similar to what he brings to Camp Cupcake in January. It was an entirely developmental tournament, and they did quite well, reaching the final before getting shellacked by Mexico 5-0.

Mexico also did something interesting that Gold Cup. Mexico had been struggling in WC qualifying, almost not even making the final hexagonal round, and they brought their A-team and used that Gold Cup to fine tune it, and all of a sudden, they were clicking again and on their way to 2nd place in CONCACAF and a WC berth.

We should expect to see our A-team in the 2011 Gold Cup. Look for a roster made up mostly of 2010 World Cup players with a few changes for injuries/fitness/up-and-comers.

 

I'm still pissed at Bradley for the team he brought in 09. It's our confederations championship and should always be taken seriously. If it's not going to be then it should only be every four years.

 

Bradley can control how seriously (nor not seriously) he takes the Gold Cup in a year before the World Cup, but if CONCACAF holds the Gold Cup every two years regardless of how much USA cares about half of them then there's nothing Bradley can do about that.

 

we are playing the central american tournament right now, which will "qualify" central american nations to the gold cup.

here are the results of the first games.

1. El Salvador 2 Nicaragua 0
2. Costa Rica 1 Honduras 1
3. Panama 2 Belize 0

Guatemala didnt play since they are in the same group with Costa Rica and Honduras.

Im happy to see El Salvador winning, because if we dont make it to the Gold Cup, less fans would be at the games